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Ihape, the body being greatly fwelled, or 

 rounded, from whence they acquire the 

 name they bear of Glohofr^ or luns. 

 They have fhort turbans ; the mouth is 

 extremely patulous or wide, and very large $ 

 .the upper part of it ends in a wry chjln- 

 nel, Tike a foal's mouth, which is very 

 fhort, and turns backwards. None have 

 •a pillar or columella lip; though in fome^ 

 as the Perfian Crowns and Melons, the 

 columella or pillar itfelf is wrinkled or 

 pleated. PI. IV. fig. 8. a foiall Me- 

 lon. PL IV. fig. p, a curious and rare 

 knobbed Tun. 



The Shells which come under this fa- 

 mily are the Tuns, Partridges, Figs, Harps. 

 Perfian Crowns, and Melons. 



The rank of this family^ in fyftemal:ical 

 authors, is, that Lifter places thofe with u 

 wrinkled or pleated pillar, as the Perfiaa 

 Crowns, &c. among his Whelks of the 

 fame ftrufturej Lib. iv, Seiitipn XL the 

 '^i ■" Tun& 



